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- McNamara-Ted.pdf
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- Douglass-Marlo.pdf
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- Jadach-Anna.pdf
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TIP
- Tip 71. Probabilities for a Nine Card Suit: The standard advice is eight ever, nine never...
- Tip 70. You should not ask for aces until you are sure you are in the slam zone... more
- Tip 69. 6-6 hands. Having decided you are looking at a good hand, how do we bid it... more
- Tip 68. The Lightner Double sounds like a bolt out of the blue... find out more.
- Tip 67. Do not try to improve a partscore OR do not get in a tug-o-war with partner... more
- Tip 66. With fewer than 12 HCP, this should help. Rule of 20 Adjustments: Rule of 22... more
- Tip 65. An avoidance play may be made when declarer needs to prevent a particular defender... more
- Tip 64. Lead a doubleton ONLY if it is singleton, is this a justifable statement...more
- Tip 63. Judging competitive auctions - when to compete to the three level... more
- Tip 62. If you and your partner have shown enough points for game and the opponents sacrifice...more
- Tip 61. Safety - good bridge technique requires ensuring contracts rather than risking... more
- Tip 60. Opening Lead Decisions: study the bidding carefully and choose your opening lead ... more
- Tip 59. A backward finesse is a simple finesse that... more
- Tip 58. A double finesse is a finesse that is taken against two opposing honour cards...more
- Tip 57. A Chinese Finesse is a fake finesse, also called a Pseudo Finesse... more
- Tip 56. A two-way finesse is a card combination in which either defender can be finessed... more
- Tip 55. A coup en passant (or elopement play) is a trump promotion play by declarer...more
- Tip 54. A Ruffing Finesse is a combination of a finesse and a ruff... find out more
- Tip 53. How to deal with Annoying Pesky Preempts...more
- Tip 52. More interesting problems to solve, over ruff or not... more
- Tip 51. Does bidding "one more" show extra length or strength...
- Tip 50. The Michael's Cue Bid. What is it and when to use it...more
- Tip 49. Sacrifice Bids are overated, or are they, find out here... more
- Tip 48. Interesting problems to solve, have a go... more
- Tip 47. When defending against a slam, always cash an Ace or not... more
- Tip 46. For beginners -fast losers and slow losers - what is the difference...more
- Tip 45. A flat hand is good for nothing, or then again... more.
- Tip 44. When making a short suit lead in NTs, prefer an unbid major to an unbid minor...more
- Tip 43. When cashing winners in a suit, keep the tenace and the near tenace intact...
- Tip 42. If an opponent passes after a long consideration, you should probably pass as well...
- Tip 41. If the opponents bid and raise a suit to the 2 level and then pass...more
- Tip 40. When to open the bidding in 4th seat...
- Tip 39. Always maintain length parity with dummy...more
- Tip 38. The stronger hand as declarer and the weaker hand as dummy, is it always the best way? more
- Tip 37: This tip is about which card to play from a sequence of honours, to give the correct...
- Tip 36: Alerting. Bride is not a game of secret messages, you can ask what a bid means...
- Tip 35. Gerber CRO which created a lot of interest so here is an explanation of the concept. More
- Tip 34. This is called Rosies
- Tip 33. Inference - An opinion reached based on fact. So why did the opposition make that ...
- Tip 32: When in doubt, lead a trump is an old guideline, but it is not always a good idea....
- Tip 31. For new players, this article helps to decide to bid more or to pass... more
- Tip 30. Another tip from Ken Dawson who states when missing QJxx and a top honour...
- Tip 29. For new players. When you need to try a finesse, you need to lead from the side opposite...
- Tip 28. The 3 level pre-empt. Why do we pre-empt? Disruption and Description...
- Tip 27. This tip is for our newer players and discusses reopening the bidding when opponents...
- Tip 26. The Rule of 11 - Don
- Tip 25. Bidding slams is not easy, but there is no doubt that bidding and making a slam is...
- Tip 24. Another tip from Ken. A change of suit by an unpassed responder is forcing...
- Tip 23. The perils of Misfitting Hands! Bridge hands are like stocks and shares, some go up and...
- Tip 22. How to decide whether to use Passive or Aggressive tactics on defence?...
- Tip 21. This tip is for our newer players and is designed to help find the right game contract...
- Tip 20. This tip describes how to decide whether to double your opponents below game level...
- Tip 19. This tip describes how to discard effectively when playing winners in trump contracts...
- Tip 18. A tip for our newer players. Interfering with the opponents 1NT opening...
- Tip 17. This is about the benefits of leading a trump when the opponents have made a sacrifice...
- Tip 16. Beware the singleton lead... and suggests drawing trumps first if you suspect...
- Tip 15. What are the pros and cons of leading the top of partners suit?...
- Tip 14. When playing in a suit contract do you prefer to play in a 4-4 fit or 5-3?...
- Tip 13. Hand Evaluation. This Tip is ...but partner I only had 4 points!...
- Tip 12. Another Bridge Chestnut from Ken. Should you always play second hand low?...
- Tip 11. Endplay - a fancy name for a simple idea...
- Tip 10. The opening lead is the one advantage defenders have over declarer...
- Tip 9. The opening lead is the one advantage defenders have over declarer...
- Tip 8. If you win the 1st trick as 3rd hand do you always return partners lead? More...
- Tip 7. Another nugget from Ken: should you always lead top of partners suit? More...
- Tip 6. Thank you to Ken Dawson for this advice...should you always cover an honour with... Read on
- Tip 5. The Rule of 5 over 5 : when the bidding has reached the 5 level... Read more...
- Tip 4 The principle of fast arrival states that when you have a strong hand...Click for more...
- Tip 3. The Rule of 3-over-3... Click for more...
- Tip 2 - Sam made this suggestion 1 of a suit or 1NT... Click for more...
- Tip 1. Lead inferences: If partner does not lead your suit - Assume your partner has...
Congresses & Events
INT
- HOW 65: in this hand both sides have their chances
- HOW 64: Somerset Maughan shows us how to improve the chances of a finesse
- HOW 63: two hands taken from The Australian
- HOW 62: a hand played in the 1982 pairs championship that shows how important it is to trust partner
- HOW 61: this hand is titled "so near and yet so far"!
- HOW 60: How to use a double squeeze
- HOW 59: playing in a Moysian Fit
- HOW 58: giving yourself the best chance to make 6H
- HOW 57: deciding what to discard
- HOW 56: clever defence
- HoW 55: An excellent defensive play by The NZ Grand Old Man of bridge Bruce Bell
- HoW 54: The Declarer must recognise this Danger Hand to successfully win the contract... more
- HoW 53: This hand show how a snap decision by defence can prove totally wrong... more
- HoW 52: This hand declarer uses inferences from the bidding and opening lead to make a slam... more
- HoW 51: This 3NT hand is difficult because you need to establish one more trick.... more
- HoW 50: This hand deals with an opponent's pre-empt and going on to bid 7D... more
- HoW 49: These two hands describe the art of cross-ruffing.... more
- HoW 48: These hands are from the Australian v USA2 World Teams event in 2022.... more
- HoW 47: This hand is another example of how good defence can defeat a contract.... more
- HoW 46: This hand demonstrates how to avoid taking a finesse when playing in a small slam... more
- HoW 45: More good defence to show how to recover from an unfortunate opening lead... more
- HoW 44: This hand shows how good defence can defeat a contract... more
- HoW 43: This hand shows how to "take your only chance" to make a slam... more
- HoW 42: How do you play this 30 HCP hand... more
- HoW 41: This hand discusses how to gain information from Declarer's unusual play... more
- HoW 40: With few entries into Dummy, Declarer must handle them with care ... more
- HoW 39: This hand introduces another concept called Jettison Play... more
- HoW 38: The hand this week demonstrates the simple squeeze technique... more
- HoW 37: The Art of Discard, what to throw away and what to keep ... more
- HoW 36: An example of active defence, when you can see a way to defeat the contract... more
- HoW 35: This hand shows how important it is to keep counting HCP during the play of the hand... more
- HoW 34: This hand requires a careful plan to succeed, set up your long suit... more
- HoW 33: These two hands are designed to show Gerber CRO system in action... more
- HoW 32: This hand shows how to put an endplay strategy into action... more
- HoW 31: This hand show the importance of an active defence and taking control... more
- HoW 30: When leading a trump contributes to defeating the oponents... more
- HoW 29: Make a plan is critical, to get the order of play correct...more
- HoW 28: Using Count to cut a long suit off in dummy... More
- HoW 27: Success in Bridge is counting HCP's as declarer and defender...more
- HoW 26: How to evaluate the strength of a hand by counting tricks not points...more
- HoW 25: Is there a hidden trap in this hand to be wary of and an irregular double... more
- HoW 24: John Gill shows how to respond to a weak opening with trump support... more
- HoW 23: This hand shows how to steal from your opponents with an unusual bid... more
- HoW 22: you have to make 6S, count your losers, make your plan and ...more
- HoW 21: This hand shows how to make a plan to reduce losses and succeed in your contract... more
- HoW 20: This hand shows how important it is to identify Declarer's plan, in order to defeat... more
- HoW 19: How to respond to a 1NT opening with a weak hand and both majors...more
- HoW 18: These two hands discuss where players bid too high with an uninterested partner ... more
- HoW 17: John Gill shows the importance of cutting out the bidding space of the opposition... more
- HoW 16: This hand shows the potential ability of a 6-5 shape, how to bid a second suit... more
- HoW 15: This hand discusses the advantage of letting the opposition play in 1NTX... more
- HoW 14: This hand shows the fate of the contract can depend on the card played at trick one... more
- HoW 13: This hand talks about the consequences of playing too fast, have you been guilty of... more
- HoW 12: Do you know how to bid with a "Swan"? A swan is a 7-4 shaped hand... more
- HoW 11: This hand demonstates the value in establishing a long suit before leading trumps...more
- HoW 10: Would you be brave enough to bid the slam and how can you play to win?... more
- HoW 9: You have ended in 7NT with an extraordinary hand of 36 hcp between you. More
- HoW 8: This hand demonstrates another use for a double (X)... more
- HoW 7: This hand highlights the need to make a plan for declarer and defender...more
- HoW 6: When to return partner's lead...
- HoW 5: This challenging hand demonstrates the importance of planning ahead... more
- HoW 4: An interesting bidding sequence. How would you bid this to find the grand slam?
- HoW 3: This hand comes from the first round of the Noosa Championship Pairs. More...
- Hand of the Week 2: Test Your Declarer Play.... More...
- HoW 1: Thanks to John Gill for supplying this interesting hand More...
- 007 Famous Bridge Hand from the film Moonraker
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